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Alex Callinicos
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Emeritus Professor of European Studies, King’s College London. I write mainly about capitalism and its great adversary Marxism.

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Alexander Theodore Callinicos is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its International Secretary. Between 2009 and 2020 he was the editor of International Socialism, the SWP's theoretical journal, and has published a number of books. .. more

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Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The war in Gaza is far from over - serious obstacles lie ahead
For the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel two years ago, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors
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on.ft.com/48npBgm Gold as ‘debasement trade’ doesn’t add up
Gold as ‘debasement trade’ doesn’t add up
The yellow metal says one thing; Treasuries and the dollar another
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d
Lucia Pradella on Italy’s general strike for Palestine. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
Eyewitness from Italy’s general strike for Palestine
The general strike for Palestine in Italy show us the disruptive power of solidarity, writes Lucia Pradella
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on.ft.com/4hbgi5l US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent
US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent
Lots of mouth, varying amounts of trousers
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on.ft.com/4q2mpwW The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI
The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI
Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence
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‘The best way forward would be to harness humanity’s collective intelligence, steadily amassed over generations. “We already have artificial superhuman intelligence,” [Alan] Kay said. “It is science.”’
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d
Great piece by Patrick Cockburn on Norman Ebbutt, anti-Nazi correspondent of the Times in Berlin during the 1930s. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Patrick Cockburn · Diary: Interviewing Hitler
In August 1937, three German journalists were expelled from Britain for suspected espionage. Retaliation was a...
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